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Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
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TenderBabyMeat, on May 10 2012 - 19:36, said: But what you fail to grasp is that "We're looking into it" doesn't actually MEAN anything. Or, more precisely, it could ANYthing. What our beef really is is that the communication, while perhaps not entirely absent, is abysmal at best. We're looking into it could mean:
1. We meant to put this in and you players are just going to have to deal with it
2. We meant to put this in and we are waiting to see how bad the backlash is before we decide if it will stay
3. We didn't mean to put this in and are trying to figure out if someone should get fired
4. Don't worry, we're putting it back the way it was, you big babies
See what I mean? THAT'S what was pissing us off.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871949

TenderBabyMeat, on May 10 2012 - 18:36, said: But what you fail to grasp is that "We're looking into it" doesn't actually MEAN anything. Or, more precisely, it could ANYthing. What our beef really is is that the communication, while perhaps not entirely absent, is abysmal at best. We're looking into it could mean:

1. We meant to put this in and you players are just going to have to deal with it
2. We meant to put this in and we are waiting to see how bad the backlash is before we decide if it will stay
3. We didn't mean to put this in and are trying to figure out if someone should get fired
4. Don't worry, we're putting it back the way it was, you big babies

See what I mean? THAT'S what was pissing us off.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871949

TenderBabyMeat, on May 10 2012 - 18:36, said: But what you fail to grasp is that "We're looking into it" doesn't actually MEAN anything. Or, more precisely, it could ANYthing. What our beef really is is that the communication, while perhaps not entirely absent, is abysmal at best. We're looking into it could mean:

1. We meant to put this in and you players are just going to have to deal with it
2. We meant to put this in and we are waiting to see how bad the backlash is before we decide if it will stay
3. We didn't mean to put this in and are trying to figure out if someone should get fired
4. Don't worry, we're putting it back the way it was, you big babies

See what I mean? THAT'S what was pissing us off.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871945

Joe_B, on May 10 2012 - 19:35, said: Exactly. Putting "we are looking into it" in a single thread "buried" deep in the anals of the forum isn't PR.
Get an announcement up in-game (like the specials announcements)
Get a news piece on the portal
Explain that you didn't intend for it to be active and that you are working to fix it by undoing the glitch... more of an explanation than "we are looking into it" (what does that mean???)
The reaction time needs to improve so that the forum doesn't get so out of control that the players have stopped listening due to anger.
... and to those of you that are all for locking in the hopes it will remove stagnation from the UC map: you are delusional. It would only affect the LZs and the area immediatley around them (not being able to land or "take back" the LZs have alreadly done that).
I have 3 end tier tanks. If they get destroyed I am done in UC (let's be realistic about the functionality of non-end tier) for several days. At that point, I am done with the game. I have played for a year. I only still play because of UC. Take my ability to play UC in the tank I want and I leave... I am sure that I wouldn't be the only one.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871923

Joe_B, on May 10 2012 - 19:10, said: You guys just can't seem to keep from stepping on your own toes.
It is long since overdue that you as a company figure out how to COMMUNICATE with your playerbase (the one West of the Atlantic or East of the Pacific whichever you understand better).
All of these "glitches" with no Official word until well after it has become a PR nightmare for you (Forum on Fire) is NOT good for your US business.
Figure out that the player base in the US doesn't like to be F'd around with by the developer.
Even if what happens is not intentional and you mean well the PR handling of whatever occurs needs to improve.
This isn't a group that waits around before leaping to conclusions, becoming enraged, and cursing your existence. Get your PR act together.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871923

Joe_B, on May 10 2012 - 18:10, said: You guys just can't seem to keep from stepping on your own toes.

It is long since overdue that you as a company figure out how to COMMUNICATE with your playerbase (the one West of the Atlantic or East of the Pacific whichever you understand better).

All of these "glitches" with no Official word until well after it has become a PR nightmare for you (Forum on Fire) is NOT good for your US business.

Figure out that the player base in the US doesn't like to be F'd around with by the developer.
Even if what happens is not intentional and you mean well the PR handling of whatever occurs needs to improve.

This isn't a group that waits around before leaping to conclusions, becoming enraged, and cursing your existence.  Get your PR act together.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871923

Joe_B, on May 10 2012 - 18:10, said: You guys just can't seem to keep from stepping on your own toes.

It is long since overdue that you as a company figure out how to COMMUNICATE with your playerbase (the one West of the Atlantic or East of the Pacific whichever you understand better).

All of these "glitches" with no Official word until well after it has become a PR nightmare for you (Forum on Fire) is NOT good for your US business.

Figure out that the player base in the US doesn't like to be F'd around with by the developer.
Even if what happens is not intentional and you mean well the PR handling of whatever occurs needs to improve.

This isn't a group that waits around before leaping to conclusions, becoming enraged, and cursing your existence.  Get your PR act together.

Subject: News Alert: Tank Locking Disabled
Link on message: #1871853

Joe_B, on May 10 2012 - 19:10, said: You guys just can't seem to keep from stepping on your own toes.
It is long since overdue that you as a company figure out how to COMMUNICATE with your playerbase (the one West of the Atlantic or East of the Pacific whichever you understand better).
All of these "glitches" with no Official word until well after it has become a PR nightmare for you (Forum on Fire) is NOT good for your US business.
Figure out that the player base in the US doesn't like to be F'd around with by the developer.
Even if what happens is not intentional and you mean well the PR handling of whatever occurs needs to improve.
This isn't a group that waits around before leaping to conclusions, becoming enraged, and cursing your existence. Get your PR act together.

Subject: [Official] Locked Tank Thread
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Subject: 20 games required to post.
Link on message: #1869477

Somnus, on May 08 2012 - 22:10, said: Law of unintended consequences.
I get that the idea is to discourage people who troll via fake accounts from posting. But it seems that a consequence is that many EU Beta testers have been prevented from posting because of it (including Snib, creator of glorious stat-tracking threads). Meanwhile, if you've gone to the effort of creating a secondary account from which to troll, racking up 20 games is trivial.

Subject: 20 games required to post.
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Eliminateur, on May 09 2012 - 14:19, said: it's not working very well, i need to relog EVERY day or i can't do anything......., it's extremely annoying

Subject: Unofficial NA Server Statistics
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Snib, on May 09 2012 - 00:36, said: Thanks for the support. Adding a bit of pressure is never wrong. Suddenly (and after a bit of further arguing with Tan) unblocking my account became possible after all.

Subject: Locked Tank Thread
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Mac116, on May 10 2012 - 03:52, said: General I was referring to their first introduction two months ago when they were active for a day then disappeared until patch, but thanks for responding. Also it was an example. Tank locking obviously is more relevant.

Subject: Skirmish I
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Subject: Locked Tank Thread
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Mac116, on May 10 2012 - 03:46, said: General would it be possible to find why there a implements and even mods/leads don't know? Like i mentioned in the binned thread, clan emblems were active for a day a while back and no one knew.

Subject: Locked Tank Thread
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Subject: Roster Changes
Link on message: #1868686

W0lfy, on May 09 2012 - 17:23, said: Did the Team Captains who submitted changes receive an email to confirm/deny the requested changes?
At this stage, I'm not sure if the changes I emailed in were rejected, ignored or not received.

Subject: Classic League Shoutcast
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Subject: So how was the selection for the special E3 tournament made?
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Subject: "meet a 22 tier point limit" Please advise. ASAP
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Subject: Skirmish I
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Subject: Skirmish I
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Subject: Players Questions and Developers Answers
Link on message: #1868104

SHISHKABOB, on May 08 2012 - 22:14, said: would that include tanks like the hotchkiss, which are no longer available in the store?


Tibalt, on May 09 2012 - 22:04, said: Unless you expand on that answer a bit i'm going have to call you out for being misleading to say the least. Not all vehicles are created equal, so an across the board change in matchmaking is not viable? If that isn't sidestepping a question, i am not sure what is. Perhaps we need to narrow the question down a bit. Why are mid tier tanks/tds/etc. matched with tier 8/9/10 tanks? These are not on a competitive footing.
For example, a T1 heavy tank (American t5) has 660 hit points, 83 hull armor at the strongest point and 103 hull armor at the strongest point. It also utilizes a 128 pen, 118 damage gun fully researched. On the other end of the spectrum i will take the tier 9 IS - 8. 1680 hit points, 120 hull and 200 turret armor(angled and bouncy i might add), and a 268 pen, 440 damage gun. If the IS does not bounce any of the T1s shots it will take him 10 shots to kill an IS 8. We all know he would be lucky to kill him with 15 considering bounces, penetration with no damage,etc. Conversely, if the IS - 8 did not kill him in 2 shots i would be supremely surprised.
Is World of Tanks not supposed to be a competitive game? Why are mid tier tanks mixed with top tier tanks in matchmaking? Name me a few mid tier tanks that thrive and contribute greatly in higher tier matches. This is extremely frustrating to a lot of us and i think it is also a big percentage of your problem with your small subscriber base.

Subject: World of Tanks E3 2012 Invitational
Link on message: #1867792

macg1991, on May 09 2012 - 05:34, said: There is a very solid list of teams lined up, and I would think lord_farquad will be announcing that when all the teams are ready. I think you'll be pleased with the teams that were invited when they are announced.

Subject: Tier 8 Premium Tanks are Ruining Gameplay
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Subject: 20 games required to post.
Link on message: #1862204

Mogruk, on May 09 2012 - 02:14, said: I am confused as to all the people singing the praises of this 20 game requirement (trivial BTW) will stop gold spammers??
I have yet to see any gold spammers in this game

Subject: Players Questions and Developers Answers
Link on message: #1860073

Tibalt, on May 03 2012 - 06:15, said: A good question was put forth, why not an across the board change on matchmaking? What is the negative impact that would have? Fair fights? Seriously, what is the bad that would come from having people only fight within a tighter class, like 1-2 tiers? Would the wait times be excessive? I would certainly wait a minute for a better matchup and i'm sure others would as well.


hihilow56, on May 03 2012 - 13:58, said: Thank you, i personaly need time to grind this and my T-44 so any delays in it are not a problem for me, so oeep keeping on
also, on turrets such as the 'Porsche' where the front armor is rounded down, in real life, hitting it and being unable to pen it would cause (on the lower part of the frontal turret armor) the round to ricochet off it and hit the soft uper hull armor, a comon sight on the WWII battle field by sherman tankers. Does this work in WoT?


Death187, on May 03 2012 - 16:10, said: Any reason why the Devs decided to clone the JT into a T8 premium instead of rolling out a new premium TD? Why not make an E75 TD since it will not be rolled out in the new TD line? I am very concerned that there will be a large increase in the number of JTs in each match once the premium goes live. It will give everyone much more experiance with fighting them and could make it harder for those of us that play our T9 JT.
Edit: Second Question for you... With there ever be the option to buy back the speacial tanks we were given which we sold? Ex. beta tester tanks, pre order tanks, bonus code tanks etc...


Darkflame, on May 03 2012 - 19:09, said: Now that you have promised players a one way move of accounts to the SEA server. Could you please allow this service on your other servers,You have a big player base and many of us move between NA and EU and would like our account to follow. As an example I started playing when WoT came out in US and have since moved to Europe. With 250 days p. account and 30+ tanks (including 4 Tier 10's) just starting a new account is not fair. Nor is it fair to ask us to play CW in the middle of the night. I will be happy to pay for the account transfer $25-$50 it means that much to me (and a lot of others)


misscleo, on May 03 2012 - 22:09, said: Will you remove team damage from random battles? Hardly ever does a player accidentally shoot a friendly; most cases it's because someone got angry or greedy(arty). Not worth the small amount realism it provides, especially considering in real life, we don't go shooting friendly tanks.
TKing is not fun for anyone, and leads to frustration and all that negative stuff. Add on to that the complication of trying to properly compensate victims while not making it profitable for griefers only further adds to my point of removing team damage. Also, if it's unfair for artillery to not worry about team damage, you could make it so any shells that hit a friendly and explode or bounce, will not damage an enemy. Or go even further and make it so any shells exploding within some specified radius around a friendly, will not damage an enemy.


Herr_Klug, on May 04 2012 - 19:24, said: Has there been any more talk about the super-jumbo-deluxe-collectors edition retail version of WoT which was supposed to contain the unreleased prem tanks? Or has this been taken off the table? I figured with the one year anniversary we would have had it released or at least heard some info. What's the dealio?


MrSpleen, on May 07 2012 - 15:57, said: The french tanks have recently had major nerfs which was required however as you may have noticed they are not being played as much as other nations any longer and require a buff will they recieve a slight buff now as they are now considered by most to be almost unplayable?
Main faults:
No gun depression
Acceleration on heavies significantly nerfed
Damage output reduced
Very easily tracked
ROF reduced
Almost no armour '50-120 can be penned by tier 4 tanks easily unlike all other tier 9's'
Main advantage
Still an excelent sniper with nasty gun
Great for sneak attacks (coming up behind somone while there fighting somone else)
Great Penetration (except for 0 damage pen shots which usually result in enemy being at 30% and you having 40 seconds to reload while they turn there gun at you at close range)


SHISHKABOB, on May 07 2012 - 22:34, said: is South Coast modeled after a Mediterranean coast or a Crimean one?

Subject: Skirmish I
Link on message: #1859927

SilentDemise, on May 08 2012 - 04:25, said: It's showing as letting 10 players into the battle for our special battle. What do we do if the other team brings more than 7?

Subject: Skirmish I
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SilentDemise, on May 08 2012 - 03:25, said: It's showing as letting 10 players into the battle for our special battle. What do we do if the other team brings more than 7?

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1859415

SwampBatGizzard, on May 08 2012 - 19:14, said: Since I see no place to report bugs yet I'll post this here.
Played 4 games so far with 3 different tanks. Both times I've tried to run an SU-100 the game has crashed to the desktop about 3 minutes in. Played all the way through in M10 and PzIV no problem.
First crash locked computer hard, had to do a hard reset to get out. Rolling along and the screen just went blank. still had audio but it was stuck in a loop. This one I had to do the hard reset. Rebooted, loaded up the game, played the Pz4 all the way through, then loaded up the Su-100 and about 3 minutes in it just dropped to the desktop.
A 50% failure rate is not acceptable by any standards. I was used to about 1 in 15 or so chance of CTD with 7.2 (which was an improvement over 7.1) but crashing on loading is different than already being in the fight. Both times it cost me money to repair my tank with no chance to get back in the fight and earn some credits/Exp. Since the T6's got hosed for xp/credits in the 7.2 update it can take a while to earn back that silver these crashes are costing me and I'm not happy about it.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1859415

SwampBatGizzard, on May 08 2012 - 18:14, said: Since I see no place to report bugs yet I'll post this here.

Played 4 games so far with 3 different tanks. Both times I've tried to run an SU-100 the game has crashed to the desktop about 3 minutes in. Played all the way through in M10 and PzIV no problem.

First crash locked computer hard, had to do a hard reset to get out. Rolling along and the screen just went blank. still had audio but it was stuck in a loop. This one I had to do the hard reset. Rebooted, loaded up the game, played the Pz4 all the way through, then loaded up the Su-100 and about 3 minutes in it just dropped to the desktop.

A 50% failure rate is not acceptable by any standards. I was used to about 1 in 15 or so chance of CTD with 7.2 (which was an improvement over 7.1) but crashing on loading is different than already being in the fight. Both times it cost me money to repair my tank with no chance to get back in the fight and earn some credits/Exp. Since the T6's got hosed for xp/credits in the 7.2 update it can take a while to earn back that silver these crashes are costing me and I'm not happy about it.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1859415

SwampBatGizzard, on May 08 2012 - 18:14, said: Since I see no place to report bugs yet I'll post this here.

Played 4 games so far with 3 different tanks. Both times I've tried to run an SU-100 the game has crashed to the desktop about 3 minutes in. Played all the way through in M10 and PzIV no problem.

First crash locked computer hard, had to do a hard reset to get out. Rolling along and the screen just went blank. still had audio but it was stuck in a loop. This one I had to do the hard reset. Rebooted, loaded up the game, played the Pz4 all the way through, then loaded up the Su-100 and about 3 minutes in it just dropped to the desktop.

A 50% failure rate is not acceptable by any standards. I was used to about 1 in 15 or so chance of CTD with 7.2 (which was an improvement over 7.1) but crashing on loading is different than already being in the fight. Both times it cost me money to repair my tank with no chance to get back in the fight and earn some credits/Exp. Since the T6's got hosed for xp/credits in the 7.2 update it can take a while to earn back that silver these crashes are costing me and I'm not happy about it.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1859284

DBP54, on May 08 2012 - 17:57, said: Still getting stuck at 95.8% with the full client torrent downloading.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1859284

DBP54, on May 08 2012 - 16:57, said: Still getting stuck at 95.8% with the full client torrent downloading.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1859284

DBP54, on May 08 2012 - 16:57, said: Still getting stuck at 95.8% with the full client torrent downloading.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1858604

Templarzero, on May 08 2012 - 15:48, said: Just started playing 7.3 and for some reason on my VK3601h the accelerate crew training seem to be training the wrong crew member, its training the guy with the lowest secondary skill not the lowest primary skill. I tried sending the radioman to the barracks that work the accelerate jump to the loader but the second i brought back the radioman it jump to him, i also tried turning accelerate crew training off then on again and that didn't work.



MrCabinetry, on May 08 2012 - 15:49, said: Valter,
Ohhhh, god!!!! The release notes vs the update and what's in my garage are confusing the crap out of me. But, that's the least of my problems.
I was refunded/credited gold back and when I clicked on tank in the garage slot, half the total amount I had disappeared. I am not a happy paying customer right now. I'd flie a ticket with support, but the website is still down.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1858604

Templarzero, on May 08 2012 - 14:48, said: Just started playing 7.3 and for some reason on my VK3601h the accelerate crew training seem to be training the wrong crew member, its training the guy with the lowest secondary skill not the lowest primary skill. I tried sending the radioman to the barracks that work the accelerate jump to the loader but the second i brought back the radioman it jump to him, i also tried turning accelerate crew training off then on again and that didn't work.




MrCabinetry, on May 08 2012 - 14:49, said: Valter,

Ohhhh, god!!!!  The release notes vs the update and what's in my garage are confusing the crap out of me.  But, that's the least of my problems.

I was refunded/credited gold back and when I clicked on tank in the garage slot, half the total amount I had disappeared.  I am not  a happy paying customer right now.  I'd flie a ticket with support, but the website is still down.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1858604

Templarzero, on May 08 2012 - 14:48, said: Just started playing 7.3 and for some reason on my VK3601h the accelerate crew training seem to be training the wrong crew member, its training the guy with the lowest secondary skill not the lowest primary skill. I tried sending the radioman to the barracks that work the accelerate jump to the loader but the second i brought back the radioman it jump to him, i also tried turning accelerate crew training off then on again and that didn't work.




MrCabinetry, on May 08 2012 - 14:49, said: Valter,

Ohhhh, god!!!!  The release notes vs the update and what's in my garage are confusing the crap out of me.  But, that's the least of my problems.

I was refunded/credited gold back and when I clicked on tank in the garage slot, half the total amount I had disappeared.  I am not  a happy paying customer right now.  I'd flie a ticket with support, but the website is still down.

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1858339

Potoroo, on May 08 2012 - 15:13, said: Why are 7.3 full torrent downloads maxing at 95.8%? Is it simply an error in the torrent file size info or is there a problem and the available file is incomplete?

Subject: World of Tanks 7.3 Update
Link on message: #1858339

Potoroo, on May 08 2012 - 14:13, said: Why are 7.3 full torrent downloads maxing at 95.8%? Is it simply an error in the torrent file size info or is there a problem and the available file is incomplete?